US, Canadian fighters intercept Russian warplanes off the coast of Alaska.

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HERE WE GO

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[Cybertails1998]

is this another clickbait title or sth

gonna leave this here, it's short enough so

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Two F-22 fighter jets intercepted six Russian military airplanes that neared the western coast of Alaska, military officials said Friday.

Lt. Col. Michael Jazdyk, a spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, said the U.S. jets intercepted the planes about 55 nautical miles from the Alaskan coast at about 7 p.m. Pacific time Wednesday.
The Russian planes were identified as two IL-78 refueling tankers, two Mig-31 fighter jets and two Bear long-range bombers. They looped south and returned to their base in Russia after the U.S. jets were scrambled.

At about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, two Canadian CF-18 fighter jets intercepted two of the long-range bombers about 40 nautical miles off the Canadian coastline in the Beaufort Sea.
In both cases, the Russian planes entered the Air Defense Identification Zone, which extends about 200 miles from the coastline. They did not enter sovereign airspace of the United States or Canada.
Jazdyk said the fighter jets were scrambled "basically to let those aircraft know that we see them, and in case of a threat, to let them know we are there to protect our sovereign airspace."

In the past five years, jets under NORAD's command have intercepted more than 50 Russian bombers approaching North American airspace.
NORAD is a binational American and Canadian command responsible for air defense in North America.

basically what i got is: six assorted russian jets ran into US coast airspace and was told to forget off.

edit: they DID NOT go into the NA continent itself. 1/10 clickbait thread got me to post.

[Maxwell.]

some of the calls over the radio in the Canadian fighters were recorded
"Hey neighbour! Want to borrow a cup of sugar?"

[sir dooble]

Isn't this really really common that Russia flies military planes over other nations, for no reason what so ever?
They're regularly being escorted away from Britain.

[Tokthree]

In both cases, the Russian planes entered the Air Defense Identification Zone, which extends about 200 miles from the coastline. They did not enter sovereign airspace of the United States or Canada.

I didn't know the BLF had become a clickbait sensationalist news site

[Kishgal]

I didn't know the BLF had become a clickbait sensationalist news site

's been the case for a few weeks now

[Ben Grapevine]

Isn't this really really common that Russia flies military planes over other nations, for no reason what so ever?
They're regularly being escorted away from Britain.

They gain massive amounts of intelligence by doing so. They:
- learn geographic data to develop invasion/ flight/ combat paths or routes
- obtain key meteorological data related to pressure, wind, and etc. for military purpose
- can use these as shows of force about the capable reach of Russia.

But little do they know we could (and would) mess them up fast.

[Cassord²]

lock this clickbait thread pls

[Ben Grapevine]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/09/20/f-22-fighters-intercept-russian-military-planes-55-miles-off-alaska/
www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/6-russian-fighter-jets-intercepted-by-us-near-alaska/article1-1266307.aspx
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/19/canadian-jets-russian-aircraft/15919843/?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=usatoday-newstopstories
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29288277
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/russian-military-jets-flew-within-100-kilometres-of-canadian-mainland-source-says/article20706528/?cmpid=rss1

[sir dooble]

They gain massive amounts of intelligence by doing so. They:
- learn geographic data to develop invasion/ flight/ combat paths or routes
- obtain key meteorological data related to pressure, wind, and etc. for military purpose
- can use these as shows of force about the capable reach of Russia.

But little do they know we could (and would) mess them up fast.

Oh yeah, I know they have their reasons for doing it, and they're both military and political reasons.
But it's not shocking news that they're doing it, as they do it all the time to all their neighbours and leading nations.

[hodototman]

[Bisjac]

hasnt this been happening like monthly for 60 years?
i mean we do it to them even more often.

[Harm94]

hasnt this been happening like monthly for 60 years?
i mean we do it to them even more often.

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CNN: "Iran keeps shooting down our drones and intercepting our jets! IRAN IS TRUELY AN EVIL ROGUE STATE AND WE DON'T KNOW WHY THEY ARE INTERCEPTING OUR PLANES WE FLY OVER THEIR AIRSPACE."